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ใครฆ่า ร.8 Who Killed King Rama the 8th?

By the band Faiyen; Words by Jom; Melody by Koontong

In Thailand there is one big unsettling rumor that everyone is aware of but no one can address openly: the rumor that King Bhumipol accidentally shot and killed his older brother, King Andana, when the two were teenagers, leading to King Bhumipol ascending to the throne. Even more shocking, three men were framed and hanged for the crime, though they were almost certainly innocent, and young King Bhumipol passed up an opportunity to pardon them. One of the main purposes of the lese majesty law is to suppress this very plausible theory as to who killed King Ananda, aka Rama the 8th. Notice this song does not directly accuse King Bhumipol of anything, but merely asks why one can’t even discuss this piece of history and objects to the scapegoating.

พ.ศ.2489 เห็นข่าวใครฆ่าในหลวง1946 saw the news that someone had killed the kingคนไทยสงสัยอยู่ในทรวงIn their hearts, Thai people had their suspicionsคดีดังแต่ยังลับลวงA famous case but still covered upใครฆ่าในหลวงรัชกาลที่ 8 (3XWho killed King Rama the 8th? (3X)

ไปถามที่พรรคคนดีGo ask the party of the “Good people”เขาป้ายสีปรีดีฯหน่ะตัวร้ายThey smear Pridi as a murdererตำราเรียนเขาว่ายิงตัวตายThe textbooks teach he committed suicideแต่ว่าทำไมประหารชิต บุศย์ เฉลียวBut why execute Chit, But, and Chaleo?

พ.ศ.2489 เห็นข่าวใครฆ่าในหลวง1946 saw the news that someone had killed the kingคนไทยสงสัยอยู่ในทรวงIn their hearts, Thai people had their suspicionsคดีดังแต่ยังลับลวงA famous case but still covered upใครฆ่าในหลวงรัชกาลที่ 8 (2X)Who killed King Rama the 8th? (2X)

ถามแม่ แม่บอกไม่รู้Ask [your] mother. She’ll tell you, “I don’t know.”ถามครู ครูก็บอกไม่เห็นAsk [your] teacher. The teacher will say, “I didn’t see [it].”ถามปู่ย่าตายายตอบไม่เป็นAsk your grandparents. They won’t be able to answer.เดี๋ยวหัวกระเด็นก็เลยพูดไม่ได้In a minute, [someone’s] head will be smashed, so I can’t say